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treatment in hospitals in neighboring colombia. nick paton walsh joins us live on the border. what s been the response to this latest exchange between maduro and trump? i m curious if the people that you are seeing there who are suffering the real effects of this, are they welcoming president trump s entrance into this? reporter: any change frankly for these people here, you are seeing the massive traffic of thousands heading in to get daily food stops, any change is utterly vital. what donald trump s speech has done to a large number of venezuelan expats, his speech was about appealing to the venezuelan military who guard the border to basically change sides. we are walking up slowly towards a key deadline this weekend when
i ll tell you why. number one, the embargo is an em bor goe that quite frankly has a bunch of holes in it. the united states is still one of cuba s largest trading partner, even now with the embargo, food stops and other things are available in cuba. americans travel there all the time on what they call cultural exchanges. a bunch of americans travel there by the way in violation of the embargo through third countries, cuban-americans can travel as many times as they want, they can send a lot of money back to cuba to their relatives. what s hurting the cuban people is not the embargo. what s hurting the cuban people is the cuban government. but today senator paul firing back responding on facebook and twitter suggesting senator rubio is acting like an isolationist and doesn t speak for the majority of cuban-americans. i spoke with senator paul just a short time ago. he is a member of the senate foreign relations and homeland security committees. take a look. senator, great to have
it all started after president obama announced significant changes in u.s. policy toward cuba. kentucky senator rand paul went on the radio agreeing with the white house that the five-decade embargo has not worked. and last night on the kelly file megyn asked marco rubio for his reaction. this is what happened. senator, your thoughts on senator rand paul s comments supporting the president. well, like many people that have been a have no idea what he s talking about. i ll tell you why. number one, the embargo is an em bor goe that quite frankly has a bunch of holes in it. the united states is still one of cuba s largest trading partner, even now with the embargo, food stops and other things are available in cuba. americans travel there all the time on what they call cultural exchanges. a bunch of americans travel there by the way in violation of the embargo through third countries, cuban-americans can travel as many times as they want, they can send a lot of money back to cuba
now, pakistan s very much in danger here of becoming unstable at this point. the economy is teetering on the brink. the president might even be toppled because of this and you could revert back to military control. he s very, very fearful that this is a moment in history where a failure to act could lead to severe consequences down the line. lettalk about persuasion to build up on terrorist activity. what can the u.s. do to prevent the taliban from gaining influence and a government that could completely crumble? well, ambassador ahmed says now is the time for the united states as it did in haiti and so many other areas to go over there. time for the cavalry to come in with lots of airlift, helicopters, food stops, supplies. there was an investment put into haiti because of its proximity to the united states. human suffering there. but pakistan is so important strategically that ambassador ahmed says this is an opportunity that the united